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One of Hollywood’s most iconic musicals, The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer was released in the UK sixty years ago this week. It won 5 Oscars. It made its child actors the most famous in the world but what are they doing now? Garry Richardson has tracked them down.

The cast members reveal what they have been doing since 1965. Nicholas Hammond who played Friedrich Von Trapp is still acting today, but the career paths of the others have been very different – from landscape gardening to geology.

Julie Andrews filmed Mary Poppins just before The Sound of Music and Angela Cartwright, who played nine-year-old Brigitta von Trapp, remembers how that became a talking point during breaks on set. Kym Karath was the youngest of the child stars and reflects on how instant fame led to unwanted attention from some of the public.

Little did they all know how much was riding on the film! Struggling financially, 20th Century Fox had gambled everything producing this story of the young governess whose courage led the Von Trapp family across the Alps.

Songwriter and lyricist Sir Richard Stilgoe, who is best known for The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Starlight Express explores the art of songwriting explaining how Rodgers and Hammerstein worked together.

Presenter: Garry Richardson
Producer: Catrin Manel
Editor: Matt Willis